The Delphic Sibyl, after Michelangelo

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Jean-Robert Ango (active Rome 1760-1773)
The Delphic Sibyl, after Michelangelo
signed 'J.R. Angò 1768' and dated '22.8.bre 1767', with inscription 'Dapres michelange de la Chapelle Sixtine, Sibille Delphique, dessiné par angò. Rome 1768' on the mount
black and red chalk
15 x 12 7/8 in. (385 x 325 mm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13 January 1989, lot 282.

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Lot Essay

A study by Ango after the Cumaean Sibyl is in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (French Master Drawings of the 17th and 18th Centuries, Art Gallery of Ontario and elsewhere, 1972-73, no. 2), while a drawing incorporating other elements of the Sistine Chapel decoration was sold in these Rooms, 5 July 2005, lot 164.

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